Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I in Gelston
Date & Time:
Apr 20, 1943 at 1525 LT
Operator:
Registration:
EB804
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Cranwell - Cranwell
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a training flight out from RAF Cranwell. While flying southwest of the airbase, the airplane suffered an engine failure and belly landed in a field. Both crew members escaped unhurt and the airplane was written off.
Crew:
F/O E. McMillan, instructor pilot,
Lac K. Bowen-Bravery, student pilot.
Crew:
F/O E. McMillan, instructor pilot,
Lac K. Bowen-Bravery, student pilot.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.
